KNOWLEDGE RETENTION STRATEGY AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN ADO-EKITI METROPOLIS
Journal Title: Journal of Economic Research & Business Administration - Year 2023, Vol 145, Issue 3
Abstract
The study examined the effect of knowledge retention strategy on performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Ado-Ekiti Metropolis while the specific objectives are to investigate the effect of transparency, feasibility, flexibility on SMEs Performance. The population of the study was 11,663 owners and managers of small and medium-sized businesses in the Ado-Ekiti Metropolitan Area. Yamane (1967) was used to collect 387 samples. The study’s primary data was collected via a standardised questionnaire. Regression was used to examine the data collected. The findings show that the entire knowledge retention strategy (transparency, feasibility and flexibility) were positive and found significant while flexibility affect small and medium enterprise performance most as revealed by the findings. Therefore, the study accepts the alternate hypothesis and reject otherwise thus concluded that knowledge retention attributes are significantly and positively related to small and medium enterprise performance in Ado-Ekiti.
Authors and Affiliations
Awolaja, Ayodeji Muyideen* , Enitilo, Olalekan , Ayodele, Oluwaseun
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- EP ID EP721931
- DOI 10.26577/be.2023.v145.i3.08
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